Definition of Low
Noun
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the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
used to start a car moving
- first gear first - low gear -
a low level or position or degree
"the stock market fell to a new low"
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British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
- david low - sir david low - sir david alexander cecil low -
an air mass of lower pressure
often brings precipitation
"a low moved in over night bringing sleet and snow"
depression
Verb
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make a low noise, characteristic of bovines
moo
Adjective
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filled with melancholy and despondency
"gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"
"gloomy predictions"
"a gloomy silence"
"took a grim view of the economy"
"the darkening mood"
"lonely and blue in a strange city"
"depressed by the loss of his job"
"a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"
"downcast after his defeat"
"feeling discouraged and downhearted"
gloomy grim blue depressed dispirited down downcast downhearted - down in the mouth - low spirited -
subdued or brought low in condition or status
"brought low"
"a broken man"
"his broken spirit"
broken crushed humbled humiliated -
no longer sufficient
"supplies are low"
"our funds are depleted"
depleted -
low or inferior in station or quality
"a humble cottage"
"a lowly parish priest"
"a modest man of the people"
"small beginnings"
humble lowly modest small -
of the most contemptible kind
"abject cowardice"
"a low stunt to pull"
"a low-down sneak"
"his miserable treatment of his family"
"You miserable skunk!"
"a scummy rabble"
"a scurvy trick"
abject - low down miserable scummy scurvy -
used of sounds and voices
low in pitch or frequency
- low pitched -
unrefined in character
"low comedy"
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very low in volume
"a low murmur"
"the low-toned murmur of the surf"
- low toned -
literal meanings
being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension
"low ceilings"
"low clouds"
"low hills"
"the sun is low"
"low furniture"
"a low bow"
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less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
"low prices"
"the reservoir is low"
Adverb
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in a low position
near the ground
"the branches hung low"
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Unscramble low
5 unscramble word found using the letters low.
lo, low, ow, owl, wo,